You can use keywords in your manual tests to facilitate statement
reuse and automation. A keyword is any statement or group of statements that
you want to reuse in other test scripts.
Keyword overview Rational® Quality Manager supports
the use of keywords in manual test scripts, giving these scripts reuse and
automation capabilities.
Creating keywords
You can create new keywords before they are associated with existing
manual test statements.
Searching for keywords
You can search for and reuse keywords from the repository in any
test script.
Creating automated keywords
Automated keywords run automatically during test execution. You
must first create a reference to an automated test script before you can automate
a keyword.
Creating keyword-enabled manual test scripts
After you have added keywords to the repository, you can
add them to a new or existing script. Keyword-enabled manual test
scripts can be composed solely of keywords, or they can be a mix of
keywords and manual statements.
Editing keywords
You can modify or update a keyword after it has been created. All
manual test scripts that use the keyword are automatically updated with the
changes.
Archiving keywords
Archiving keywords prevents them from being added to new manual
test scripts, while the archived keywords can still function in previous manual
test scripts.